English words for '(chess, informal) A chess problem whose solution involves castling.'
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noun
- (chess) An instance of castling.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- a large and stately mansion
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
noun
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
noun
- (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
- A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
- One who, or that which, retracts.
- (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.
- A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
- In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
noun
- (slang, chess) A chess piece.
- A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
- (slang) One who uses steroids.
- A (citrus) reamer.
- (slang) An alcoholic.
- A person who extracts juice for consumption.
- (slang, film) An electrician.
- a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
noun
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
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- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
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adj
- Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
- Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
- (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
- (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
- Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
- of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
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- (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- complete victory
noun
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
verb
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
noun
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
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- (chess) A formation in chess (a variation of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which white plays pawns to d4 and several other positions, requiring black to react energetically (see Stonewall Attack).
- (historical) A series of riots in 1969 New York City, beginning with the patrons of the gay bar "The Stonewall Inn" resisting police arrest, which marked the beginning of the militant gay rights movement.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A town in Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
- A town in Manitoba, Canada.
- A town in Mississippi.
- A former gold-mining town in California, in the Cuyamaca Mountains.
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- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
noun
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
noun
- (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- a fortified defensive structure
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- (chess) An unintended solution to a chess problem, considered to spoil the problem.
- (cooking) A person who prepares food.
- (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
- (cooking) The head cook of a manor house.
- (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.
- (metalworking, construction) The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.
- someone who cooks food
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- (transitive, military slang) To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to be cooked, i.e. to put in a hopeless situation.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some advantageous course of action; (more generally) to be successful.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- (transitive) To concoct or prepare.
- (intransitive, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
- (transitive, slang) To execute by electric chair.
- (intransitive, slang, derogatory, Australia) To develop insane or fringe ideas.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some plan or course of action, or develop some train of thought towards its conclusion (whether this is advantageous, or comical, or digging into a hole).
- (transitive, slang) To kill, destroy, or otherwise render useless or inoperative through exposure to excessive heat or radiation.
- (intransitive) To be cooked.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or humiliate.
- (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- (transitive, video games) To smelt.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- prepare a hot meal
- transform by heating
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
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noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
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- (uncountable, chiefly chess) An informal form of chess played without a clock.
- plural of skittle
- (mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.
- a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
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- (chess) A tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.
- Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
- A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
- An X-ray machine.
- electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
- a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
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- (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
- (transitive, chess) Of a piece, to exert indirect influence, by either attacking, defending, or controlling an opponent's or friendly piece through an intervening piece along a rank, file, or diagonal.
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- (chess) A tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece
- (psychology) The act of rejecting culpability by redirecting blame elsewhere.
- Bending or deformation under load.
- The act of deflecting or something deflected.
- Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position.
- (figuratively) The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.).
- the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the property of being bent or deflected
- a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
- the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
noun
- (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
- plural of odd
- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
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- (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
- (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable) The wood from a particular species of tree.
- (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.
- (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
- (countable, often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded area.
- (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- Firewood.
- (music) A woodwind instrument.
- the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
- a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
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- (chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
- To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
- To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
- To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
- To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
- (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
- spread or diffuse through
- enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- come to understand
- insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
- make one's way deeper into or through
- pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
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- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
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- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
noun
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
noun
- (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- A product that sells well.
- a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
- someone who moves
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- workman employed by a moving company
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- (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
- (video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
- A game move made as a response.
- (chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
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- (chess) An instance of castling.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- a large and stately mansion
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
noun
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
noun
- (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
- A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
- One who, or that which, retracts.
- (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.
- A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
- In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
noun
- (slang, chess) A chess piece.
- A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
- (slang) One who uses steroids.
- A (citrus) reamer.
- (slang) An alcoholic.
- A person who extracts juice for consumption.
- (slang, film) An electrician.
- a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
noun
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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noun
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
verb
noun
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
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noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
- Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
- (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
- (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
- Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
- of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
noun
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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noun
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
verb
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
noun
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- a fortified defensive structure
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noun
- (chess) An unintended solution to a chess problem, considered to spoil the problem.
- (cooking) A person who prepares food.
- (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
- (cooking) The head cook of a manor house.
- (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.
- (metalworking, construction) The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.
- someone who cooks food
verb
- (transitive, military slang) To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to be cooked, i.e. to put in a hopeless situation.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some advantageous course of action; (more generally) to be successful.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- (transitive) To concoct or prepare.
- (intransitive, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
- (transitive, slang) To execute by electric chair.
- (intransitive, slang, derogatory, Australia) To develop insane or fringe ideas.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some plan or course of action, or develop some train of thought towards its conclusion (whether this is advantageous, or comical, or digging into a hole).
- (transitive, slang) To kill, destroy, or otherwise render useless or inoperative through exposure to excessive heat or radiation.
- (intransitive) To be cooked.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or humiliate.
- (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- (transitive, video games) To smelt.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- prepare a hot meal
- transform by heating
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
verb
noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
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noun
- (uncountable, chiefly chess) An informal form of chess played without a clock.
- plural of skittle
- (mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.
- a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
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noun
- (chess) A tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.
- Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
- A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
- An X-ray machine.
- electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
- a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
adj
verb
- (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
- (transitive, chess) Of a piece, to exert indirect influence, by either attacking, defending, or controlling an opponent's or friendly piece through an intervening piece along a rank, file, or diagonal.
noun
- (chess) A tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece
- (psychology) The act of rejecting culpability by redirecting blame elsewhere.
- Bending or deformation under load.
- The act of deflecting or something deflected.
- Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position.
- (figuratively) The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.).
- the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the property of being bent or deflected
- a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
- the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
noun
- (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
- plural of odd
- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
noun
- (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
- (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable) The wood from a particular species of tree.
- (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.
- (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
- (countable, often as plurale tantum) A forested or wooded area.
- (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- Firewood.
- (music) A woodwind instrument.
- the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
- a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
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noun
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
noun
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
noun
- (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- A product that sells well.
- a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
- someone who moves
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- workman employed by a moving company
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verb
noun
- (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
- (video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
- A game move made as a response.
- (chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
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- (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- complete victory
noun
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
verb
- (chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
- To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
- To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
- To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
- To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
- (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
- spread or diffuse through
- enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- come to understand
- insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
- make one's way deeper into or through
- pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
adj
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
noun
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast